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Military deployments France, in 6 editions.
The entry for France published Military deployments in 6 editions of 36, from 2020 to 2025. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Military deployments in every entry.
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- the first edition with it
- 2020
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Military deployments” (2020 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- 5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane);
- 900 Cote D'Ivoire;
- 1,450 Djibouti;
- 300 Baltics (NATO);
- 2,000 French Guyana;
- 900 French Polynesia;
- 1,000 French West Indies;
- 350 Gabon;
- est. 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria);
- 780 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
- 1,400-1,500 New Caledonia;
- 1,700 Reunion Island;
- 350 Senegal;
- 650 United Arab Emirates;
- note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992 (2020)
5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane); 900 Cote D'Ivoire; 1,450 Djibouti; 300 Baltics (NATO); 2,000 French Guyana; 900 French Polynesia; 1,000 French West Indies; 350 Gabon; est. 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 780 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,400-1,500 New Caledonia; 1,700 Reunion Island; 350 Senegal; 650 United Arab Emirates; note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992 (2020)
- 5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane, Task Force Takuba; note - in July 2021, France announced that it would withdraw about 2,000 personnel from this force by the beginning of 2022);
- approximately 300 Central African Republic;
- 900 Cote D'Ivoire;
- 1,400 Djibouti;
- 300 Baltics (NATO);
- 2,000 French Guyana;
- 900 French Polynesia;
- 1,000 French West Indies;
- 350 Gabon;
- est. 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria);
- 950 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
- 1,400-1,500 New Caledonia;
- 1,700 Reunion Island;
- 350 Senegal;
- 650 United Arab Emirates (2020-2021)
note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992
5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane); Barkhane, Task Force Takuba; note - in July 2021, France announced that it would withdraw about 2,000 personnel from this force by the beginning of 2022); approximately 300 Central African Republic; 900 Cote D'Ivoire; 1,450 1,400 Djibouti; 300 Baltics (NATO); 2,000 French Guyana; 900 French Polynesia; 1,000 French West Indies; 350 Gabon; est. 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 780 950 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,400-1,500 New Caledonia; 1,700 Reunion Island; 350 Senegal; 650 United Arab Emirates; Emirates (2020-2021)
note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992 (2020)
- approximately 3,000 Burkina Faso/Chad/Niger (Operation Barkhane, Operation Sabre);
- approximately 300 Central African Republic;
- 300 Comoros;
- approximately 900 Cote d'Ivoire;
- approximately 1,450 Djibouti;
- 220 Estonia (NATO);
- approximately 2,000 French Guyana;
- approximately 900 French Polynesia;
- approximately 1,000 French West Indies;
- 350 Gabon;
- approximately 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria);
- 600 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
- approximately 1,400 New Caledonia;
- approximately 1,700 Reunion Island;
- approximately 800 Romania (NATO);
- approximately 350 Senegal;
- approximately 650 United Arab Emirates (2022)
note 1: France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992
note 2: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including France, have sent additional troops to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
5,100 approximately 3,000 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger Faso/Chad/Niger (Operation Barkhane, Task Force Takuba; note - in July 2021, France announced that it would withdraw about 2,000 personnel from this force by the beginning of 2022); Operation Sabre); approximately 300 Central African Republic; 300 Comoros; approximately 900 Cote D'Ivoire; 1,400 d'Ivoire; approximately 1,450 Djibouti; 300 Baltics 220 Estonia (NATO); approximately 2,000 French Guyana; approximately 900 French Polynesia; approximately 1,000 French West Indies; 350 Gabon; est. approximately 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 950 600 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,400-1,500 approximately 1,400 New Caledonia; approximately 1,700 Reunion Island; approximately 800 Romania (NATO); approximately 350 Senegal; approximately 650 United Arab Emirates (2020-2021) (2022)
note - 1: France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992
note 2: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including France, have sent additional troops to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
- approximately 300 Central African Republic;
- approximately 1,000 Chad;
- 300 Comoros;
- approximately 900 Cote d'Ivoire;
- approximately 1,400 Djibouti;
- 300 Estonia (NATO);
- approximately 2,000 French Guyana;
- approximately 900 French Polynesia;
- approximately 1,000 French West Indies;
- 350 Gabon;
- approximately 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria);
- 650 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
- approximately 1,400 New Caledonia;
- approximately 1,500 Niger (France has pledged to remove these troops by the end of 2023);
- approximately 1,700 Reunion Island;
- approximately 800 Romania (NATO);
- approximately 350 Senegal;
- approximately 650 United Arab Emirates (2023)
note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including France, have sent additional troops to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
approximately 3,000 Burkina Faso/Chad/Niger (Operation Barkhane, Operation Sabre); approximately 300 Central African Republic; approximately 1,000 Chad; 300 Comoros; approximately 900 Cote d'Ivoire; approximately 1,450 1,400 Djibouti; 220 300 Estonia (NATO); approximately 2,000 French Guyana; approximately 900 French Polynesia; approximately 1,000 French West Indies; 350 Gabon; approximately 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 600 650 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 1,400 New Caledonia; approximately 1,500 Niger (France has pledged to remove these troops by the end of 2023); approximately 1,700 Reunion Island; approximately 800 Romania (NATO); approximately 350 Senegal; approximately 650 United Arab Emirates (2022) (2023)
note 1: France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992note 2: note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including France, have sent additional troops to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
- France typically has up to 30,000 total air, ground, and naval forces deployed on permanent or temporary foreign missions;
- up to 10,000 are permanently deployed, including Djibouti (1,400);
- French Guyana (2,000);
- French Polynesia (900);
- French West Indies (1,000);
- Reunion Island (1,700);
- West Africa (1,600; Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal), and the UAE (700)
other non-permanent deployments include operations in Chad (1,000), NATO missions in Europe (2,000), the Middle East (850), and various EU (500) and UN (over 700, mostly in Lebanon under UNIFIL) missions (2024)
Rewritten: too little of the 2023 text remains to mark the changes.
France typically has up to 30,000 total air, ground, and naval forces deployed on permanent or temporary foreign missions; up to 10,000 are permanently deployed, including Djibouti (1,400); French Guyana (2,000); French Polynesia (900); French West Indies (1,000); Reunion Island (1,700); West Africa (1,600; Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal), and the UAE (700)
other non-permanent deployments include operations in Chad (1,000), NATO missions in Europe (2,000), the Middle East (850), and various EU (500) and UN (over 700, mostly in Lebanon under UNIFIL) missions (2024)
- France typically has up to 30,000 total air, ground, and naval forces deployed on permanent or temporary foreign missions;
- up to 10,000 are permanently deployed, including Djibouti (1,500);
- French Guyana (2,600);
- French Polynesia (1,000);
- French West Indies (1,000);
- Reunion Island (2,100);
- UAE (800)
other non-permanent deployments include military missions under NATO, the EU, and the UN, as well as some unilateral operations, in such places as Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and adjacent waters (2025)
France typically has up to 30,000 total air, ground, and naval forces deployed on permanent or temporary foreign missions; up to 10,000 are permanently deployed, including Djibouti (1,400); (1,500); French Guyana (2,000); (2,600); French Polynesia (900); (1,000); French West Indies (1,000); Reunion Island (1,700); West Africa (1,600; Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal), and the (2,100); UAE (700) (800)
other non-permanent deployments include operations in Chad (1,000), NATO military missions under NATO, the EU, and the UN, as well as some unilateral operations, in Europe (2,000), such places as Europe, Africa, and the Middle East (850), and various EU (500) and UN (over 700, mostly in Lebanon under UNIFIL) missions (2024) adjacent waters (2025)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “France: Military deployments.” The World Factbook, 2020–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/france/military-deployments.